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SB . 14 11977 = Trismegistos 34810 = LDAB 5912



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Introduction

Medical prescription. The text is preserved on the recto of a small, light-brown papyrus (5 x 7 cm) and runs along the fibers. There can be no doubt that we are dealing with a medical recipe. The document has on paleographical grounds to be dated to the 5th cent. AD.

χ  ̣  ̣ [ -ca.?- ]
θεαπνον
ναρτοστάχους(*)
κρόκου
5χαλκοῦ
θεάφιν(*)

Apparatus


^ 3. l. ναρδοστάχυς
^ 6. l. θεάφιον

Notes

  • 2.

    The word θεαπνον sounds very much like θεάφιον-θέαφος ('sulfur').

  • 2-3.

    Between lines 2 and 3 there is a space of over 1 cm. A new recipe seems to start with this line.To the right of ναρτοστάχους there appears on the papyrus a faint trace of ink.

  • 6.

    As the accusative is used (as in lines 2 and 3) it seems probable that no measure will have been given.

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